Timothy mulcahy



Patented luly l9, I898.

T. MULCAHY. SUPPORT FOR FEED BAGS. (Application filed Aug; 7,1897.)

(No Model.)

/NVENTO/'7 By W A TTOHNEYS.

W/ TN E SSE S THE NORRIS ve'rzns m, Pummu'mon WASHINGTON. n. c

- NITE STA E TIMOTHY MULCAHY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUPPORT FOR FEED-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 607,449, dated July 19,1898.

Application filed August 7, 1897.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TIMOTHY MULcAHY, of New York, (Brooklyn,) in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedSupport for Feed-Bags and Like Receptacles, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a device adapted for immediateattachment to and convenient disengagement from the forward ends ofvehicle shafts or thills, which attachment will be so constructed that afeedbag may be held within convenient reach of the animal in theshafts,and whereby a pail of water may be supported in a manner to makeit accessible to said animal, and whereby the support for the feed-bagor other receptacle adapted to be contained therein may be adjusted sothat the article supported may be brought within proper reach of theanimal harnessed,whether the shafts or thills be long or short.

Another object of the invention is to provide an attachment tovehicle-shafts of the character above set forth which will be light,durable, and capable of easy manipulation and which when not requiredwill occupy but a minimum of space and if necessary may be placed in thefeed-bag.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device attached to the shafts of avehicle; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device and a portion ofone member of the vehicle-shafts, showing in dotted lines the manner inwhich afeed-bag or a pail may be carried by the attachment.

Two arms A and B are employethwhich are preferably made to converge attheir outer ends, and at the rear end of each of said arms a socket 10is formed of such character that each of the sockets may receive aforward end portion of a member of the vehicle-shafts. The forward endof each arm A and B is shown flattened, and this portion of each armSerial No. 647,417. (No model.)

The holder 14 is provided at opposite sides with lugs 15, which extendover the slotted portions of the arms A and B, and these lugs 15 receiveset-screws 16, through the medium of which the support 14;, which is ofa ringlike character, may be adjusted on the arms A and B and held inadjusted position. Set screws 12 or their equivalents are also providedfor the socket 10 of each arm A and B for the pupose of securing .thearms A and B to the shafts. Under such a construction it is obvious thata feed-bag or a water-pail may be conveniently supported from the shaftsand be accessible to the harnessed animal, in a great measure preventingthe waste of material owing to the tendency of the horse to toss hishead while feeding. This attachment to the shafts also obviates thesuspension of a feed-bag from the head or neck of the animal, whichmethod of using the feed-bag is very common and tends largely tospilling of the feed and is an inconvenience to the animal feeding.

It may be noted that when the device is to be used in connection with adouble team, and therefore is to be attached to a pole, asingle arm onlyneed be employed, and the said arm may be made to carry two holders 14instead of but one, as illustrated, and such adaptation of the device iscontemplated.

Many horses have a habit of throwing the head down to the knees. If so,the opposing arms A and B, as shown in positive lines in Fig. 1, willafford too ample a space between the breast of the animal and thesupport for the feed-bag, and while the animal by shortening up the bodycould pass the head downward the head would not be raised withoutinterfering with the support, as the latter would not be visible to theaminal. Therefore the arms A and 15 are preferably crossed, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 1,"compelling the animal when reaching downward todo so at the sides of the device,permitting the head to be raisedwithout serious interruption.

Having thus described my invenvion, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A support for feed-bags and for analogouspurposes, consisting of an arm formed at one end with a socket, theopposite end of said arm being flattened in a horizontal plane andformed with a vertical longitudinal slot, a fastening device forsecuring the socket end of said arm to a pole or shaft, a holder for afeed-bag, pail or similar receptacle, the said holder being ring-shapedand provided with a projecting lug adapted to extend over the flattenedslotted portion of the arm, and means for adj ustably securing said lugto the slotted portion of the arm, for the purpose set forth.

2. A support for feed-bags and for analogous purposes, comprising armseach formed at its rear end with a socket and having its forward endflattened in a horizontal plane, the said forward end being providedwith a Vertical longitudinal slot, means for secnrin g the socketedportions of the arms to the shafts of a vehicle, and a holder for afeed-bag, pail or similar receptacle, the said holder being ring-shapedand provided at opposite sides with projecting lugs adapted to extendover the flattened slotted portions of the respective arms, the saidlugs being constructed to receive set-screws for adjustably securing theholder to the arms, substantially as specified.

TIMOTHY MULOAIIY. Vitnesses:

J. FRED. AoKEn, EVERARD BOLTON MAnsHALL.

